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4The Daily Tar Heel Tuesday, November 13, 1984 SPORTS There you go again, UNC fans North Carolina can certainly claim to have some of the most fickle fans in the country. With several minutes still remaining in a close game Saturday in Kenan Stadium, a few hundred people actually were seen leaving the game. That's kind of hard to figure. Georgia Tech trailed UNC, 24-17, with less than five minutes to go and was moving downfield for what could have been the winning score. As the Yellow Jackets passed into UNC territory with less than three minutes left, dozens of UNC fans actually got up and left. Took their bench cushions, their plastic Carolina cups and beat it. I Frank Kennedy Notes Meanwhile, the Jackets made it inside the UNC 20 in the final 2:30. Still, they continued to leave. Did they not understand that UNC was on the verge of losing its sixth game of the year? Did they conceive that Tech might score, go for two and win the game in the final seconds? Or were they confident that the defense would stage yet another goal-line stand? Or did they just want to beat the traffic who cares how much a ticket costs? Wide receiver Earl Winfield, who had seven receptions for 92 yards Saturday, said after the game that offensive coordinator John Matsko had called a "great game." Winfield was right on the money, for it was a great game plan. UNC showed the kind of diversity on its offense that it probably could have exhibited in such dismal performances as its games against Wake Forest and Maryland. Question now is: Will this high powered offense remain the norm? The consensus among the offensive back- field and line was that it should never end. It was fun out there," Winfield said. And with 7-1-1 Virginia, which has given up only seven touchdowns in eight games, coming to Kenan Saturday, UNC will need to put the ball in the air to win. The Cavaliers proved they were for real when they clobbered N.C. State Saturday. Don't think for a minute that Ethan Horton's sub 100-yard performance Saturday will hurt him in the eyes of pro scouts. Fact is, Horton was only given the ball 14 times, but managed 94 yards (6.6 per carry). The introduc tion of the passing game probably helped his status, which right now is considered to be high first-round. Horton displayed some of his old quarterback techniques with a perfect strike to Anthony on a trick play for a touchdown which put the Tar Heels ahead in the second quarter. Later, he made an end zone reception under heavy coverage for another Tar Heel score. At the start of the season, the Dallas Cowboys' Gil Brandt said Horton would go fourth in the spring 1985 NFL draft. Based on his current national standing (fourth in rushing), that pick would seem to be pretty accurate. Don't look now, but UNC probably won't be contending for a national championship in basketball this year. At least, that's the feeling one gets when talking with head coach Dean Smith. At a press conference of sorts last week, Smith was asked if his team could have a losing season, and he said yes. Another reporter inanely asked, "Does that mean below .500?" "I think that's what that means," Smith said. Realistically, this team has enough talent that it probably won't have a losing record, and may even scratch its way to another 20 wins, but for Smith to even mention the possi bility ... r M mm (ol "i a a Lowo n o ? . '' t !'!!'". ."l -I'll.. A Granville Towers L Where Convenience Is Standard All Utilities Included Adjacent to Campus Downtown Franklin Street 19 Meals Week Weekly Maid Service Private Weight Room Pool and Sun Deck Applications for spring housing now available. University Square 929-7143 A fond Men's soccer victory over Duke spells gloom for the Blue Devils By MICHAEL DeSISTI Staff Writer DURHAM The clock was showing 0:48 to play in the final overtime, and Duke's All-America striker Tommy Kain lay moaning on the turf, holding his ankle after a collision with a North Carolina player. It was then that the group of fans behind the Tar Heel bench began their chorus, the scoreboard reading 1-0, UNC. "Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na, Hey-hey-hey, goodbye." The season was over, for both teams. Perhaps unexpectedly soon for Duke. Tommy Nicholson's goal with 7:45 to play in double overtime, a head ball on a cross from David Smyth, allowed North Carolina to upset Duke Friday for the second consecutive year in the last game of the season. By losing, the Blue Devils (12-5-3 overall, 2-3-1 ACC) eliminated themselves from consideration for an NCAA bid, which they have received the past four seasons. UNC (12-7-1, 3-3), which was 9-2-1 over its last 12 games, ended its season with a bang. "We earned this," said junior striker Mark Devey after the game, which was played under the lights before a crowd of 4,500 at Duke soccer stadium."Once again, we're not a better team. But we earned this. Everybody did. Everybody." And everybody wanted it, espe cially seniors Trip Coffey, Chris Colavita, Larry Goldberg, Billy Hart man, and Kenny West, for whom those last few seconds were the final ticks on the clocks of their collegiate careers. Between the latter four, North Carolina (12-7-1 overall, 3-3 ACC) lost 1 1 years of starting experience. For Coffey, it was the first starting assignment of his UNC career. "Trip Coffey played his heart out," said UNC coach Anson Dorrance. "He played more that game than he did all season. But when he got his chance he contributed to one of the greatest wins in North Carolina soccer history." Not much greater than last year's 2-1 victory on Fetzer Field over then No. 1 and undefeated Duke, which was also an overtime game. The Tar Heels, 16-3-2 at the time, had apparently locked up Dorrance's first NCAA bid with that victory. But an inexplicable series of events left North Carolina, ranked 16th in the Intercollegiate Soccer Associa tion of America's final 1983 poll, out of the 23-team tournament. This year, however, only Duke stood a chance of extending its season with a good showing, and even that chance was slim. "Before the game, I felt if we didn't win we would not get a bid," said Duke coach John Rennie. "It was a disappointing way to end the season." Only three teams from the South region Alabama A&M, N.C: State and Clemson received bids ' this year, as compared to four in 1983. Virginia, a member of the Mid Atlantic region, is the only other ACC team to receive a bid. "We were just playing for pride, because we had no bid," said Hart man, a four-year starter and three time All-ACC midfielder (1984 selections have yet to be announced). "If I look back five years from now, this is the game IH remember. If I could pick any team on our schedule to go out with in the last game, it would be Duke." f..y... " . - 1 ii --t ir -i it--i-T n v -i rT-r n-mn n - iii njjp . ft r . 'J r )q u V' - 11 it r U'M ' J I ' J ' a ' ....... . 1 J f f- . t A DTHJeff Neuville Confrontation: UNC knocked Duke out of the NCAAs with its 1-0 win Field hockey happy despite season-ending loss By DAVID WELLS Staff Writer Virginia abruptly ended the North Carolina field hockey team's season in the NCAA tournament's first round Saturday by upsetting the Tar Heels 2-1 in a sudden-death stroke-off thriller. However, UNC coach Karen Shelton spoke in a telephone interview Sunday as though her squad had been victorious. "We played very well," Shelton said. "We kept hammering them and hammering them, and I have to give Virginia credit for hanging in there. I wasnt unhappy with our performance in any way other than the fact that we didnt win." UNC and Virginia were tied 1-1 at the end of regulation, and the No. 12 Cavaliers endured constant offensive pressure by the Tar Heels through three scoreless overtime periods and two rounds of strokes before a sudden-death stroke-offbroke, the tie. -The coaches chose five players from their teams for the stroking rounds after the ten-minute overtime periods, and each of the five players were awarded a shot seven yards from the goal with just the goalkeeper defending. UNC and Virginia tied 3-3 in the first round and 4-4 in the second round, forcing a tie-breaker. Louise Hines, Judith Jonckheer and Sandy Smith each scored in both rounds for UNC. In the sudden-death stroke-off, team representatives matched strokes until the tie was broken. Cheryl Gleason of Virginia and UNC's Jonckheer both scored, but Hines missed her stroke and Natalie Wheatall converted her shot to give Virginia the final edge. Shelton said that Missy Farwell, the Cavaliers' goalie, was miraculous all game, as she kept Virginia in the running with 36 saves. UNC had 55 shots, a remarkable feat within itself. Virginia had 1 1 shots on goal. "We just kept pressuring them and pressuring them," Shelton said. "I was confident that they would have to break sooner or later. They were dog-tired and you just have to give Virginia credit. "We passed the ball well, communicated well and used the wings. We had a lot of shots, but we just couldn't pass that one elusive spot." The loss ended a superb season for the 14-5 Tar Heels, who reached their highest rating ever at the end of the regular season. UNC also won its second straight ACC champion ship on Nov. 4, edging Virginia 2-1 in the title game. Farwell played well in that game, saving 21 of UNC's 32 shots. "The (NCAA) loss was hard to take for the seniors, but they're taking it pretty well," Shelton said. "I feel that we had a very good season. We were playing very well in the last few games, and that's a good way to' end a "season. " ' '' " INTRAMURALS ltl.lL HE'S 16. SHE'S 22. ALL HE WANTED WAS HER PICTURE. WHAT HE GOT WAS J SHOV SHOWS NIGHTLY 00 & 9:00 ill F (. .'.ll STATE-OF-THE-ART 3KEMA Ours Alone KINTEK STEREO in j A SWttHifVrnZi EO l!MJa,J!lili-M:M.4.- LATE SHOWS 1 1 :45 Fri. Sat "LIQUID SKY" (21st WK!) THIS IS SPINAL TAP "A GREAT MOVIE" Roger EbertGene Siskel, "At The Movies' a film by MILOS FORMAN dance TWYLA THARP script PETER SHAFFER THZ ADVENTURES OF L A N Z A I "Coolest of the cool. . . 50 hippest of the hip... Beyond satire into delectability." Sheila Benson. LOS ANGELES TIMES 1 V Wrestling Weight Classes: 118: Derek Crawford (Granville) def. Mark Hartsel! (Manly). 126: Craig Principi (Unattached) def. John Martin (Teague B). 134: Dan Hiller (Unattached) def. 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